Parents and sports

June 11, 2015  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

Some great for parents on how to best support their kids in sports: https://annejosephson.wordpress.com/2015/05/31/sports-parenting-in-10-sentences/

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On teaching children the value of kindness

June 09, 2015  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

A new study makes some recommendations for parents on how to raise children that genuinely believe kindness is important: http://qz.com/422326/harvard-researchers-have-mapped-the-five-child-rearing-techniques-you-need-to-raise-kind-kids/

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On motivating students to learn

June 09, 2015  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

A great article exploring methodologies for getting students to be more motivated and more successful in the classroom: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2015/06/grabbing-students.aspx  

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Bullying

June 09, 2015  |   For parents of children,For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

Some new research seeking to understand bullying, including how it develops,  its consequences, and how to curtail it:   A look at four decades of research on school bullying: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/70/4/293/ Long term consequences of peer victimization in childhood and adolescence: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/70/4/300/ Trying to understand how bullying develops: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/70/4/311/ On attempts to prevent bullying: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/amp/70/4/322/ On attempts by […]

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I don’t see what you see

People are easily seduced by their perspectives. What appears to me to be evident and obvious may make no sense to you. This can be very hard to imagine. We are all such different creatures. I am, to some extent, the sum of my memories. That is to say my personality, how I act, and […]

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